Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Maps xiii
6. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 2. Gerubara’s version of Imdeduya – a “ kukwanebu tommwaya tokunabogwa” – a story of the old men in former times 9
8. Chapter 3. Mokopai’s version of Imdeduya – the “ liliu Imdeduya mokwita ” – the real Imdeduya myth 25
9. Chapter 4. Sebwagau’s version of the Imdeduya myth documented by Jerry Leach in annotated English glosses as “A Kula folktale from Kiriwina” 109
10. Chapter 5. John Kasaipwalova’s poem “Sail the Midnight Sun” 135
11. Chapter 6. How do the five Imdeduya texts differ from each other and what do they share with one another? 165
12. Chapter 7. Concluding remarks on magic, myths and oral literature 191
13. Appendix I. Metadata for the variants of the myth documented on audio-tape tape 197
14. Appendix II. The structure of Gerubara’s “Imdeduya” tale 199
15. Appendix IIIa. The structure of Mokopei’s version of the Imdeduya myth 203
16. Appendix IIIb. Yolina’s journey in Mokopei’s version of the Imdeduya myth 219
17. Appendix IVa. The (simplified) structure of Sebwagau’s version of the Imdeduya myth 221
18. Appendix IVb. Yolina’s journey in Sebwagau’s version of the Imdeduya myth 225
19. Appendix V. The structure of John Kasaipwalova’s poem “Sail the Midnight Sun” 227
20. References 231
21. Index 239